Nasus vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Nasus
based on 2,411 Nasus vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Syndra
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
Advice to Win Against Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Nasus vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Nasus vs. Syndra counter statistics that may help us understand the differences between the pair. Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Syndra’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Syndra..
Nasus often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Syndra. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Syndra
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Who is Better, Nasus or Syndra?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when facing off against Syndra, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a good counter for Syndra.
While Nasus does have a higher win rate compared to Syndra, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nasus into Syndra.
Moreover, Nasus also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Syndra. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Syndra matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nasus is an above average counter to Syndra. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus to counter Syndra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Syndra. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Syndra build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Syndra than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average win rate of 52.6% when playing against Syndra with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Syndra as Nasus, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Nasus vs Syndra counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.6% winrate overall.
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